Bringing Children into the Sociology of Consumption: A Symbolic Consumption Perspective
This article explores children’s consumption practices from a sociology of consumption perspective. The aim is to discover whether South African children, in their consumption of clothing, engage in symbolic consumption and to identify the ways in which ...
Belinda Senooane, Johannes Wiid
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Mapping symbolic (anti-) consumption [PDF]
Rejection is at the heart of anti-consumption and is therefore key to some of the central relationships in symbolic consumption. However, researchers find rejection difficult to study because of the lack of material traces. This article draws on earlier frameworks to develop a new integrated and expanded conceptualization in order to achieve a more ...
Margaret K Hogg
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Which Visual Modality Is Important When Judging the Naturalness of the Agent (Artificial Versus Human Intelligence) Providing Recommendations in the Symbolic Consumption Context? [PDF]
This study aimed to explore how the type and visual modality of a recommendation agent’s identity affect male university students’ (1) self-reported responses to agent-recommended symbolic brand in evaluating the naturalness of virtual agents, human, or ...
Kyungmi Chung +3 more
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Symbolic consumption as a non-traditional predictor of brand loyalty in the sports industry, football club segment [PDF]
Brand loyalty is one of the main objectives of marketing, due to its impact on the sustainability of organisations; however, the explanation of how this type of loyalty is built in the sports industry is complex, due to the way it is organised ...
Alfredo Guzmán Rincón +3 more
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The symbolic consumption of music [PDF]
Abstract The relationship between music, the self/identity, and consumption is significant and widely acknowledged, yet it remains under-researched. To further our understanding of the symbolic consumption of music, this study evaluates the usefulness of Larsen, Lawson, and Todd's (2009) conceptual framework of the consumption of music as self ...
Gretchen Larsen +2 more
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Nonnegotiable Symbolic Value and Sugar-Driven Food Habits in Indonesia: Mixed Methods Study Using a Digital Sociological Approach [PDF]
BackgroundThe sugar market in Indonesia reflects the distinct consumer behavior shaped by economic and deeply rooted cultural factors. This study explores how symbolic values attached to sugar sustain persistent, often irrational or uncontrollable ...
Ewina Efriani Manik +8 more
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Art workers in Colombia: Characteristics, symbolic consumption and social identity
Purpose: To explore the characteristics of Art Workers in Colombia, expressed in terms of lifestyles and consumption practices, as well as the relationship between symbolic consumption and the social identity of the group.
Ruby Lorena Carrillo Barbosa +1 more
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Impulse Buying and Cognitive Dissonance: Differences in Self-Justification and Symbolic Consumption Among Adult South Korean Generation Z Sports Consumers [PDF]
This study examined differences in self-justification and symbolic consumption tendency according to levels of impulse-buying tendency among South Korean adult members of Generation Z sports consumers.
Jiung You, Kwon-Hyuk Jeong
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Green consumption: the role of perceived symbolic value and personal innovativeness [PDF]
Purpose – This study aims to explore the relationship between personal innovativeness, perceived symbolic value and green purchase intentions within the context of sustainable consumption.
Albert Hasudungan +1 more
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Consumo Simbólico de Artesanías // Symbolic Consumption of Crafts // Consumo Simbólico de Artesanato
Este estudio aborda los factores asociados al consumo simbólico de artesanías –cerámica y cestería- de Ráquira y Guacamayas, objetos que fueron expuestos en Expoartesanías 2011, en la ciudad de Bogotá, y su relación con la construcción de la identidad ...
Jenny Amaya Tellez
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